7/14/13 10:13 AM EDT

Asked by CNN’s Candy Crowley on Sunday on "State of the Union" whether he thought immigration reform would pass the House this year in a way that it could be merged with the Senate, Fattah said he was confident it would.

“I think we will pass it,” he said. “I’ll be asking ask my House colleagues when we come up for any type of vote on this to offer the Senate bill as the Democratic alternative. Let’s get to a vote.”

The Philadelphia Democrat was joined by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who was less confident.

“Right now, the comments by [House Speaker] John Boehner have been anything but encouraging, and it’s not looking good,” Grijalva said.